Eli Whitney Museum

Each spring, the Museum's crew of educators, visiting artists, and apprentices design more than 40 new programs for our series of week-long summer workshops. A selection of past programs is available below.

Have you ever wondered where those colors come from in your paint palette? Get the Dirt on Paint!

We meet monthly on a Friday night to play and share expertise. Bring your band of warriors, bring snacks.All are welcome.

From July 1st - September 5th, the Eli Whitney Museum & Workshop is offering free walk-in projects to children under 18 y.o.! Plan your visit to the museum on a weekend; we are open on Saturdays and Sundays from 10am-3pm. No appointment or reservation necessary.

When you visit us on a weekend day, an apprentice will work with your child as they build a project and begin to experiment. Sessions last from 20 minutes to an hour. After building your project, you can enjoy our water lab just outside the main museum building. Float your boats in the water tables, experiment with water flowing from the mill river, or just cool off and play!

Don't be discouraged by a rainy day, we have our marble wall inside, and a wide variety of projects to choose from (listed below).

Workshops for adults taught by Local Craftspeople, Artists, and Creative Individuals.

We meet monthly on a Friday night to play and share expertise. Bring your band of warriors, bring snacks.All are welcome.

PhET provides fun, interactive, research-based simulations of physical phenomena for free. All PhET simulations are freely available from the PhET website and are easy to use and incorporate into the classroom.

The Museum will offer six-week long classes in Scratch for 8 and 9 year olds and for 10 year olds and up, and in 3D Design and Printing.